Philly Spot Serves Up Pennsylvania's Best Hot Dog: Food & Wine

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia is best known for cheesesteaks, hoagies, pretzels, and water ice regarding its culinary offerings.

But according to Food & Wine magazine, Philly has the best hot dog in the state.

The prestigious publication recently released its list of the best hot dog in each state.

In Pennsylvania, it's a longtime staple in Philadelphia that was chosen as the state's best spot for a dog.

Food & Wine tapped Johnny's Hots on Delaware Avenue in Fishtown as the best.

Johnny's serves hot dogs, sausages, burgers, cheesesteaks, breakfast sandwiches, and much more.

Here's what Food & Wine says about Johnny's:

The service is perfunctory on a good day, the vibe is pre-gentrification Fishtown, and the crowd is as down-by-the-docks as it gets around here these days. In other words, Johnny’s Hots is the perfect place to introduce the unsuspecting to the very best kind of Philadelphia, the no-bullshit kind, starring a reliable cast of characters that can be found lining up at strange hours, as early as five o’clock in the morning. After years of attrition, this is also one of the last best places in Philadelphia for one of the city’s more under-appreciated meals: the long hot (a sausage/dog combo type deal), topped with a cod and potato fish cake, and a bright, crispy pepper hash made with cabbage and apple cider vinegar, flecked with red peppers for color. Don’t fight it—just eat it. This was meant to be.

Johnny's is open from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Weekdays and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. It's closed Mondays.

See the full list of the nation's best hot dogs here.